William Bakewell

Actor May 2 (died age 84) Los Angeles, California, USA 1925–1984 (59 year career)

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Biography

William Bakewell (May 2, 1908 – April 15, 1993), also known as Billy Bakewell, was an American actor, who achieved his greatest fame as one of the premiere juvenile performers of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Bakewell, educated at Los Angeles Harvard Military School, began his film career as an extra in the silent movie Fighting Blood (1924), and went on to appear in some 170 films and television shows. He had supporting roles at the end of the silent era and reached the peak of his career ar…

Known For

Film

Gone with the Wind

Mounted Officer

Film

All Quiet on the Western Front

Albert Kropp

Film

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Winters

Film

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

Maj. Tobias Norton

Film

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited)

Film

The Strongest Man in the World

Professor

Film

The Farmer's Daughter

Windor

Film

Romance on the High Seas

Dudley (Travel Agent)

Filmography

Acting (134)

Movies (103)

Bruised Celluloid

1984

as Himself

The Strongest Man in the World

1975

as Professor

6.1

Set This Town on Fire

1973

as Desk Clerk

Call Her Mom

1972

as Jeremy's Father

4.0

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966

as Brig. Gen. Swift (uncredited)

5.5

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956

as Official at Keel Boat Race (uncredited)

6.3

Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier

1955

as Maj. Tobias Norton

6.4

Davy Crockett Goes to Congress

1955

as Norton

10.0

Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter

1954

as Major Norton

6.5

Lucky Me

1954

as Motorist (uncredited)

6.7

So This Is Love

1953

as Charles, Waiter (uncredited)

3.8

Radar Men from the Moon

1952

as Ted Richards

4.5

Wells Fargo Gunmaster

1951

as Charlie Lannon

Come Fill the Cup

1951

as Hal Ortman

7.0

When the Redskins Rode

1951

as Appleby

4.7

The Capture

1950

as Herb Tolin, Bolsa Grande Oil

6.1

Romance on the High Seas

1948

as Dudley (Travel Agent)

6.6

Night Wind

1948

as Capt. Kingston

So This Is New York

as Hotel Clerk

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Dick Hebert

Arthur Takes Over

as Lawrence White

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

1947

as Winters

6.9

King of the Bandits

1947

as Captain Frank Mason

The Trespasser

as Bruce Coleman

The Fabulous Dorseys

as Eddie

The Farmer's Daughter

1947

as Windor

6.9

Messenger of Peace

1947

as Pastor Willie von Adel

Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways

1946

as Hop Harrigan

3.5

Jungle Terror

1946

as Tom Branning

Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942

as Mr. Hubbell

5.8

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942

as Robert Harwood Jr.

I Live on Danger

1942

as Mac

5.7

King of the Mounties

1942

as Cpl. Hall Ross

The Dawn Express

1942

as Tom Fielding

3.7

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

as Hugh Pleasant

Seven Sinners

as Ensign

Beyond Tomorrow

as David Chadwick

The Saint Takes Over

as Shipboard Card Player

Gone with the Wind

as Mounted Officer

Zenobia

as Townsman at Zeke's Recitation

4.6

Hotel Imperial

1939

as Cadet (uncredited)

King of the Turf

as Intern

The Higgins Family

as Eddie Davis

The Duke of West Point

as Committee Captain

Exiled to Shanghai

as Andrew

Mile a Minute Love

as Bob

Quality Street

as Lieutenant Spicer

Jungle Menace

as Tom Banning

Trapped by G-Men

as Dick Withers

Dangerous Holiday

as Tom Connor

Lady Luck

as Dave Haines

Sea Spoilers

as Lieut. Commander Mays

Strangers All

as Dick Carter

Together We Live

as Billy

Laddie

1935

as Robert Pryor

On Probation

1935

as Bill Coleman

Happiness C.O.D.

as Ken Sherridan

The Party's Over

as Clay

Green Eyes

as Cliff Miller

Speed Wings

as Jerry

Crimson Romance

as Adolph

Sons of Steel

as Roland Chadburne

You Can't Buy Everything

1934

as Don Bell (adult)

7.0

The Quitter

1934

as Russell Tilford

The Curtain Falls

as Barry Graham

Straight Is the Way

as Dr. Wilkes

Straightaway

as Billy Dawson

Lucky Devils

as Slugger Jones

Three Cornered Moon

as Douglas Rimplegar

A Man of Sentiment

as John Russell

Back Street

1932

as Richard Saxel

6.2

Cheaters at Play

1932

as Maurice Perry

While Paris Sleeps

1932

as Paul Renoir

5.8

The Spirit of Notre Dame

as Jim Stewart

Reducing

as Tommy Haverly

Daybreak

as Otto

Guilty Hands

as Tommy Osgood

Politics

as Benny Emerson

Dance, Fools, Dance

as Rodney Jordan

A Woman of Experience

1931

as Count Karl Runyi

5.2

All Quiet on the Western Front

as Albert Kropp

Paid

as Carney

Playing Around

as Jack

The Bat Whispers

as Brook

Hot Stuff

as Mack Moran

The Show of Shows

1929

as Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number (uncredited)

5.5

The Iron Mask

1929

as Louis XIV / Twin Brother

6.7

On With the Show!

1929

as Jimmy

5.2

Gold Diggers of Broadway

1929

as Wally Saunders

7.0

Lady of the Pavements

1929

as A Pianist

4.6

The Latest from Paris

1928

as Bud Dolan

West Point

as 'Tex' McNeil

Harold Teen

as Percival

The Battle of the Sexes

as The Son

Annapolis

as Skippy

The Devil's Trademark

1928

as Tom Benton

The Heart Thief

The Shield of Honor

as Jerry MacDowell

Mother

as Jerry Ellis

Whispering Wires

1926

Old Ironsides

1926

as Young Philadelphian (uncredited)

6.2

Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl

1926

as Salesman

The Last Edition

1925

as 'Ink' Donovan

5.0

Television (31)

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

7.0

Nanny and the Professor

as Carnival Host

Love, American Style

as Elroy

That Girl

I Dream of Jeannie

as Colonel Harris

Green Acres

Run for Your Life

as County Attorney Lassiter

Profiles in Courage

as Wythe

Petticoat Junction

as Ralph Craig

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Virginian

as Sam Branch

Hazel

Mister Ed

87th Precinct

The Roaring 20's

Bringing Up Buddy

Pete and Gladys

Guestward, Ho!

Sea Hunt

Peter Gunn

Maverick

Leave It to Beaver

M Squad

as Detective

Harbor Command

as Officer Maxwell

Casey Jones

as Ben Slater

Official Detective

Highway Patrol

The Great Gildersleeve

I'm the Law

Boston Blackie

Lux Video Theatre

as Major Dort